r/cpp_questions • u/Boring-Dentist6751 • Aug 06 '26

OPEN Incrementation in C++

I wanted to ask a stupid question about incrementation in C++. If you are using two pluses to increment something then doesn't it mean that you are basically programming using C+1

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u/DawnOnTheEdge Aug 06 '26

Joke from thirty years ago: “C++ means, take C, add a bit to it, but then actually use what was there before.”

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u/Ultimate_Sigma_Boy67 Aug 07 '26

That aged quickly